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Cancer Scam Finishes This Father’s Con Artist Streak

The latest cancer scam goes to an already accused fraud victim and father (Neil Jackson) when he used his son as bait, pleading to others that his son was either seriously ill or that he had died and cashing in on these false claims.

In the most recent event, he defrauded £13,000 ($16,765.28) out of potential tenants when he posed as a landlord.

He took large deposits from nine people ranging from £1,000 to £2,700 ($1,289.64 to $3,481.12). Then he would repeatedly cancel move-in dates telling people about his son’s fight with cancer.

His actions left one couple homeless and another forced to live in a caravan. Another had to borrow money from her friends and sell her possessions.

It was the second time he used his son to commit fraud – in 2012 he was jailed for conning colleagues at Tesco out of more than £60,000 ($77,358.32) saying he had cancer and his son had cerebral palsy. He spent the money on holidays in Las Vegas and Hawaii.